"Janis After Surgery" © 2010, oil on canvas 24"x 30"
This painting and one one directly below came from a series of b/w photographs I took in 2007, using up my last stock of Tri X film.
"Mother" ©2010, oil on canvas 24"x30"
This painting was included in the Old Town Triangle Association Student & Faculty exhibition.
"Sitting For Me" ©2010 oil on linen 36"x 36"
Painted from life at the Old Triangle Association, Wednesday evening Oil Painting class with Robert Brasher.
"A Moment of Silence" © 2006 oil on masonite 24"x 36"
Inspired by a photograph taken while on vacation in Glasgow, Scotland in 2005. We were in a tearoom and there was a moment of silence across the city in honor of those killed in the subway bombings just days before.
"Mom at Peggy's Cove" © 2007 oil on canvas 22" x 24"
"Janis's Wedding Jacket" 2009 oil on canvasboard 16"x20"
"Refreshments" © 2009 oil on canvasboard 12" x 16"
From a snapshot taken at my parents' wedding in 1966.
"March 6, 1966" ©2009 oil on canvas
Combining two images from my parents' wedding album.
"Legs" ©2009 oil on canvas 18" x 36"
Completed in about an hour, also from parent's wedding--the receiving line.
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